Bloomers



Feb. 2U, W23. 11,445,02

D. L. ROSENBERG BLOOMERS Filed Jui 24, 1920 DAVID L. ROSENBERG, 0F DORCJEEJESTER, SSACHUSJEJETS.

BLOOMERS.

a neation'filea .Tuly 24., race. Serial No. se'aeao.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it'known that l[, DAVID L. ROSENBERG, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Dorchester, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Bloomers, of which the following is a speci:

fication, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming part thereof.

y invention relates to bifurcated ladiesgarments, as bloomers, knickerbockers and the like, and has for its object to provide a reinforcement for the garment at the inner and rubbing sides of the legs thereof, which reinforcement is in the nature of an extended gusset reaching all the way down said legs from the crotch of the garment substantially to the leg openings thereof; said gusset being so designed as to provide a substantial width at the crotch and for an appreciable length below same wherefrom the gusset gradually diminishes in width towards the leg opening where the gusset is terminated.

Another object of-the invention is to provide a bifurcated garment with a reinforcing layer between the legs thereof, reaching all the way down the legs of the garment,

for effecting a reinforcing feature to the garment at the wearing section thereof,

with and most damaging to the delicate material used in the garment.

To these as well as other ends'my invention consists of the novel features of construction, combination, and arrangement of to parts. set forth in the following specification,

and particularly pointed out in the subjoine claim. g H

The terms employed herein are used m the generic and descriptive sense to desigt5 nate the elements illustrated, and are therefore not primarily intended as terms of limitation.-

In order to illustrate my invention l[ have shown in the accompanying sheet of drawto ing an embodiment thereof wherein:

Fig. 1 represents a fragmentary view a showing a pair of ladies bloomers supplied with my invention.

Fig. 2 represents a fragmentary sectional view taken on line 2--2 on Fig. 1; r

Fig. 3 represents a sectional view taken. on line 3-3 on Fig. 1; p i

Fig. 4: represents a sectional view taken on line H on Fig. 1;

Fig. 5 represents a sectional view taken on line 5-5 on Fig. 1, showing diagrammatically the setting of the gusset with the garment before joining and seaming the leg of the same; J

Fig. 6 represents an enlarged sectional view taken across the seamof the leg of the garment for showing the manner of joining the parts together in said seam.

Fig. 7 represents the correlated gusset pieces before being incorporated into the garment.

Fig. 8 represents a portion of the leg development showing the correlated gusset pieces secured thereto before seaming the leg together; and

Fig. 9 represents the garment leg shown in Fig. 8 seamed, wherein the outer edges of the gusset pieces are secured and anchored in the leg seam by the so-called overlook stitch.

Like numerals refer to like parts throughout the several views of the drawing,

The numeral 10- represents a bifurcated ladies garment, as a bloomer, knickerbocker, or the like, which is made up'of any suitable material, as silk, silk jersey, or the like, and has the self-closing, gathered top 11 which is drawn on an elastic, tape or band in the usual manner for snugly fitting the waist of the wearer. 12 and 13 are the left and right legs of the garment, respec tively, which are shown provided with the ruffles 14: at the extremities thereof, said ruflles being each preferably gathered on elastic bands to yield a snug fit at that point and to permitof stretch when required. 15 and 16 and'17 and 18 represent the gusset pieces which are provided for the legs 12 and 13, respectively, and which are shaped substantially as shownin Fig. 7 and modesigned preferably to reach from the crotch 19 to, or near to, the leg extremity 20, .-as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Said usset-pieces are preferably made parted, ass own in Fig.

7 and are out in substantially the shape there shown for affording a substantial width across the leg for an appreciable length down from the crotch of the garment, as shown in Fig. 2, the idea being to maintain Sufficient width to the gusset between the crotch and a point below the knee to assure the necessary width to the gusset to cope with the rubbing conditions there exist-ing due to walking or body actions.

The garment is preferably made up of two main parts forming the legs thereof, as

will be understood from Figs. 1, 3, 8 and 9. Fig. 8 represents schematically a development or pattern of one of said legs, and shows the correlated gusset nieces as G, and G secured on their outer and opposite edges E to said leg pattern L by the stitching S which reaches fro-m the crotch edge C to the leg opening or outlet end 0. The remaining edges of the gussets G and (i border on the leg pattern L and are stitched in together with the leg seam 21 (as shown in Figs. 1, 2, 5, 6 and 9), and with the joining seam 22 which unite the legs 12 and 13, as shown in Fig. 1. In this manner the gusset pieces are incorporated into the garment, preferably on the inside thereof, as indicated in Figs. 1 and 2, and serve to reinforce the area of the garment subjected to the usual attending wearing strains directed thereagainst. The gusset is designed to amply cover the portion of the garment mostly affected by the rubbing action to which the same is subjected while being worn, and not only does it reinforce and protect the crotch section of the garment but it reinforces and protects the entire length of leg to a point below the knee joint, and thus greatly adds to the life of the garment.

The gusset ,may be m'ade up of the same material as the garment, or otherwise, according as may be desired; and in any event the association of said gusset with the garment, as herein disclosed, leaves very little evidence on the outer part of the garment to indicate its presence in the garment. The application of a gusset, as herein disclosed, adds very little to the cost of manufacture of the garment, the work of embodying the same in the garment is simple, and the advantages attained thereby, so far as benefiting the garment is concerned, are obvious and warrant its adoption.

Having thus described my invention in detail, what I claim as new is:

The method of making a bifurcated garment with a reinforcing gusset, comprising securing separate gusset pieces to the sides of the legs while in open form and then joining the sides of the leg and the edges of said gusset pieces by an overlocking stitch, thereby anchoring the central portions of said gusset in said leg seam and finally seaming two gusseted legs together and anchoring the top of the gusset in said leg joining seam.

In witness whereof, I hereunto affix my signature this twenty-third day of July, 1920.

DAVID L. ROSENBERG. 

